I put a Quiz about me on my side bar. One of the answers on one of the questions got cut off. The answer that ends with “while” should continue “while I was in school there” (the answer involves cheerleading).

…the smell of sand and waves.

1. WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR KITCHEN PLATES? White, mostly. I do have one blue plate with a nose.

2. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? A few books on taxes, some Calvin’s Commentaries, one I’m editing, and the ones on the side.

4. FAVORITE BOARD GAME? Board game? I dunno, Monopoly? The only game I ever play is Taboo, and that’s just circumstances.

6. FAVORITE SMELL? Rachel

12. FUTURE CHILD’S NAME? I keep this fairly secret. There are name-stealers out there.

13. WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE? Of course, God. Then Rachel.

15. DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST? Oh yes, I’m a real speed demon.

19. IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON — DEAD OR ALIVE? Conan O’Brien, heh

21. WHAT IS YOUR SIGN & YOUR BIRTHDAY? Pisces, Feb. 27th, 1980

30. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER? 51

31. FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH? Cheerleading or gymnastics, then football

32. WHAT IS YOUR SINGLE BIGGEST FEAR? I dunno

33. FAVORITE TV SHOWS? Gilmore Girls, The Simpsons

Tim: “Would it be a major sin to have a Guinness this early in the morning?”

Salvation & Preservation

During Scripture reading with Rick, we came across a couple passages (Psalm 144:10, Psalm 145:20) that gave me the below thoughts.

It bothers me how people don’t really think twice about what Scripture is saying when they use words like “save” and “preserve.” So many people are afraid to think outside a frame of mind that immediately tells us that salvation speaks of conversion to God through a faith that is preserved eternally - if it’s “real.”
I’m not going to analyze where the interpretation of these terms became what they are today, but I am going to whine about how they are often not used in the Scriptural sense. Reformed people freak out if you say that there are different types of salvation. There is salvation from physical death, there is salvation from spiritual death, and a hundred other things. God saves me every day. And no, I’m not an Arminian. Biblically speaking, God saved me from death today. God saved me from my sins today. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t saved 15 years ago when I got baptized. Because that is a different kind of salvation.
With preservation, it’s the same thing. Some Calvinists like to think that the preservation of the saints only deals with the preservation of our eternal salvation. So not true. God preserves His people from their enemies. That’s physical preservation (or a spiritual preservation in a temporal sense). He preserves them from certain temptations or situations or possible car wrecks or a hundred other things. His angels help with our preservation. And this preservation is talked a lot about in Scripture – a whole lot more than the “P” on TULIP kind of preservation/perseverance is talked about.

After complaining last night about not being awake in the morning, I woke up naturally at 8 (which was about three hours of sleep). I hope this is a cold morning because if mornings are always this cold in Spokane, I am signing up to be a night person. My muscles are sore…or are they frozen?

I’ve been kinda depressed today (In my mind, it’s still Monday.)
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Okay, so I am celebrating this Easter by watching movies. (Sadly, this is about average.)

…yeah, Jon Amos
*pause*
Yeah, you met him.
*pause*
When Rick went to Moscow, he’s the guy that Rick was hanging out with
*pause*
He looks like Kenneth Branagh
*pause*
The guy in the Shakespeare movies?

My silly brother

“Rachel really likes Rick. I can tell because she always smiles a lot whenever she’s around him.”

Eight-year-olds can be perceptive.